2011
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-011-0334-3
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Dysphagia Due to Forestier Disease: Three Cases and Systematic Literature Review

Abstract: Forestier disease or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is an uncommon cause of dysphagia. Due to rarity of this condition there is neither any demographic data nor any consensus about the investigation and treatment modalities. Here an effort is made in the present article to compile the information regarding the demographic and clinical features, investigation modalities and different methods of treatment from all the available case reports of dysphagia due to Forestier disease in the English li… Show more

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“…4,22,23 CT, X-ray, and MRI imaging are carried out to establish the diagnosis, and to assess the esophagus, the barium swallow test and esophageal and laryngeal endoscopy with the option of taking a biopsy are conducted. 4,27,44,51,52 An intrinsic cause (e.g. esophageal stricture, motility disorder, diverticula, neoplasms, etc.)…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…4,22,23 CT, X-ray, and MRI imaging are carried out to establish the diagnosis, and to assess the esophagus, the barium swallow test and esophageal and laryngeal endoscopy with the option of taking a biopsy are conducted. 4,27,44,51,52 An intrinsic cause (e.g. esophageal stricture, motility disorder, diverticula, neoplasms, etc.)…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, when severe, it can manifest as dysphagia, stridor, dysphonia, aspiration pneumonia and weight loss. Cervical osteophytes can cause swallowing disorders through a variety of mechanisms, including: direct osteophyte compression of the pharynx and oesophagus, disturbances of normal epiglottis tilt, tissue inflammation and oedema around the oesophagus, and pharyngeal muscle spasm 4 11. Our case had diffuse levels of hyperostosis, particularly in the C3–C6 which led to dysphagia and aspiration.…”
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confidence: 73%
“…La manifestación más frecuente cuando existe afectación de los segmentos C3-C7, es la disfagia, pudiendo afectar al 17,5-28% de los pacientes mayores de 60 años 5,7 . Si existe afectación de C3 y C4 puede existir disfonía, estenosis o parálisis de las cuerdas vocales.…”
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